Category: economy
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Penn Launches Schlein Center for Cybersecurity to Tackle AI-Fueled Threats
The University of Pennsylvania's new Schlein Center for Cybersecurity, funded by trustee Ted Schlein, unites engineers, lawyers and policy experts to confront AI-driven cyber threats.
Science & TechnologyHealthBusinessEducationArtificial IntelligenceComputers and InternetMedical ScienceAgricultureEconomy Schlein Center for CybersecurityUniversity of PennsylvaniaMichael HicksTed SchleinPennovation WorksHowley ASPIRE Nurse Scholars Program
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Media Monitor: USA TODAY reports 12 injured in Florida A&M homecoming shooting, job-loss crisis and Ramaswamy ad fight
USA TODAY's Daily Briefing reports 12 people were injured in a shooting near Florida A&M's homecoming game, alongside stories on unemployment's toll and Vivek Ramaswamy's Ohio governor bid.
BusinessPolitics and GovernmentHealthLaw EnforcementEmployment and LaborEconomyElectionMedical Science Florida A&M UniversityTallahasseemass shootingunemploymentVivek RamaswamyOhio governor raceChris PappasUSA TODAY Daily Briefing
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Alaska Roundup: $249M Port MacKenzie Rail Grant, $32.8M Grid Funds and $25M Nuclear Investment
Alaska's weekly roundup: a $249 million federal rail grant for Port MacKenzie, $32.8 million in grid resilience funds, an Abbott settlement payout and a $25 million nuclear energy bet.
Politics and GovernmentBusinessHealthScience & TechnologyState GovernmentsEconomyEnergyTransportationLegal AlaskaAIDEAPort MacKenzie Rail ExtensionAlaska Energy AuthorityAbbott Laboratories settlementRural Health Transformation ProgramNuCube EnergyOffice of the Alaska Governor
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Newsweek: About 53,000 Israelis Abroad Expected to Fly Home for October 27 Election
Trump says Elon Musk restored Ukraine's full Starlink access, and Google halted two Finland data center sites after clearing about 1,300 acres of forest before environmental assessments were complete.
Politics and GovernmentBusinessScience & TechnologyWorldIsraelFranceElectionGeneral PoliticsComputers and InternetEconomyEuropeMiddle EastUSAEnergy Israel electionAID CoalitionIsraelis abroad votingStarlinkUkraineElon MuskMeghan MarkleNewsweekmidterm electionsU.S. SenateU.S. House of RepresentativesTexasGoogledata centersBenjamin NetanyahuMarine Le Pen
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Uninsured Rate for Working-Age U.S. Adults Rises to 11.2% as Employer Premium Contributions Climb 9%
Commonwealth Fund research puts the 2026 uninsured share up from 8.9% in 2024, while a KFF survey finds workers paying 9% more toward employer plans and a Marsh survey projects an 8.2% rise in per-employee benefit costs in 2027.
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Social Security Administration Claims Best Performance in Agency History for FY 2026
SSA credits a digital-first strategy for double-digit gains in every service metric, including 800-number wait times down nearly 80 percent and a 23 percent smaller disability claims backlog.
Politics and GovernmentScience & TechnologyFederal GovernmentComputers and InternetEconomySocial Issues Social Security AdministrationFrank J. Bisignanodigital-first strategydisability claims backlogmy Social Security accountsTreasury Offset Programgovernment service performancegovernment services
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DeWine Tours Appalachian River Towns as $24.8 Million in Waterfront Grants Come to Fruition
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine wrapped a multi-day tour of Appalachian communities, celebrating completed riverfront projects in Ashtabula, Sardis, Pomeroy, Gallipolis and South Point backed by Wonderful Waterfronts grants.
Politics and GovernmentState GovernmentsSocial IssuesLaw EnforcementEducationEconomy Mike DeWineAppalachian Community Grant ProgramWonderful Waterfronts InitiativeAshtabulaSardisPomeroyGallipolisOhio Governors Office
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BLS to Publish Third-Quarter Weekly Earnings and September State Employment Data
The Bureau of Labor Statistics' week of October 19–23, 2026 listings include third-quarter usual weekly earnings and September state employment figures, plus a 6.3 percent September producer price rise.
BusinessPolitics and GovernmentEmployment and LaborEconomyFederal GovernmentFinancial Markets Bureau of Labor StatisticsUsual Weekly EarningsState Employment and UnemploymentProducer Price IndexEmployment Cost IndexJob Openings and Labor Turnover SurveyEconomic News Releases
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Social Security Administration Says Florida Office Status Has Changed
The Social Security Administration says the operational status of local offices, card centers and hearing offices in Florida has changed, and points customers to online services instead of in-person visits.
Politics and GovernmentHealthFederal GovernmentEconomyComputers and Internet Social Security AdministrationFloridaSocial Security officesmy Social Security accountretirement benefitsdisability benefitsMedicare
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IRS Urges Year-Round Tax Planning Ahead of 2027 Filing Season
The agency is telling taxpayers to check withholding, organize records, use its online tools and guard against scams now rather than at filing time.
Politics and GovernmentBusinessFederal GovernmentEconomyLaw EnforcementComputers and InternetLegalSocial Issues Internal Revenue Servicetax planningtax withholding2027 filing seasonIRS Individual Online Accounttax scamsFrank J. BisignanoTax Withholding EstimatorForm W-4
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OCC Publishes Fall 2026 Interest Rate Risk Statistics Report
The OCC has released its fall 2026 Interest Rate Risk Statistics Report, adding two new parallel rate shock scenarios for earnings at risk and economic value of equity.
BusinessPolitics and GovernmentBankingFinancial MarketsFederal GovernmentEconomy Office of the Comptroller of the CurrencyInterest Rate Risk Statistics Reportinterest rate riskcommunity banksfederal savings associationsrate shock scenariosbank examinationsOffice of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
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Seattle's 2026 Cruise Season Sets Records With $1.2 Billion Economic Boost
Port of Seattle's 2026 cruise season delivered an estimated record $1.2 billion in regional economic benefit and over 5,120 jobs, alongside record passengers and sailings.
BusinessTransportationEconomyEmployment and LaborSocial IssuesTravel Port of Seattlecruise industrySEA AirportAlaska AirlinesWings for AllTerminal 91Belltown Mural Festival
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Social Security Administration Tells Texans to Check Office Status Online Before Visiting
The agency says the operational status of Texas offices, card centers and hearing offices has changed but gave no reason, no list of affected sites and no timeline.
Politics and GovernmentHealthFederal GovernmentEconomyComputers and InternetEmployment and Labor Social Security AdministrationTexasSocial Security officesonline servicesmy Social Security accountgovernment servicesretirement benefitsdisability benefits
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Social Security Administration Says Operational Status of Arizona Offices Has Changed
The agency is directing the public to check the status of their nearest office, card center or hearing office online before visiting, saying a trip may not be necessary.
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Social Security Administration Says Operational Status of Iowa Offices Has Changed
The agency is directing customers to check their local office's status online before visiting and says most business can be handled through its website.
Politics and GovernmentHealthFederal GovernmentEconomyComputers and Internet Social Security AdministrationIowaSocial Security officesonline servicesmy Social Security accountgovernment benefitsMedicareretirement benefits
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Social Security Administration Says New York Office Status Has Changed, Urges Online Services
SSA alerts recipients that the operational status of a New York office, card center or hearing office has changed, and points users to online tools for benefits, records and account changes.
Politics and GovernmentHealthFederal GovernmentEconomyComputers and Internet Social Security AdministrationNew YorkSocial Security officemy Social Security accountretirement benefitsdisability benefitsMedicare
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Media Monitor: FactCheck.org Releases October 2026 Update on Trump's Numbers Ahead of Midterms
FactCheck.org's quarterly "Trump's Numbers" update tracks more than 20 economic and social indicators ahead of the Nov. 3 midterms, alongside fact checks of Ohio and Medicare ads.
Politics and GovernmentMediaHealthUSAElectionEconomyFederal GovernmentMedia BiasSocial Issues FactCheck.orgDonald Trump2026 midterm electionsTrump's NumbersMedicareAmy ActonOhio governor's race
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Harvard Gazette Highlights Quest for Wisdom, Credit-Law Change, and Youth Poll
Harvard Gazette roundup features Arthur Kleinman's caring-based "quest for wisdom," analysis of how a credit-law change boosted women's spending power, and a youth poll on the nation's direction.
HealthScience & TechnologyPolitics and GovernmentBusinessEducationEconomyArtificial IntelligenceElectionFilm and TV Harvard GazetteArthur Kleinmancredit lawwomen's spending poweryouth pollHarvard University
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Media Monitor: NPR Reports Possible Renewed Fighting in Iran, Record Early Voting and Trump Deposition Order in BBC Suit
NPR's Up First newsletter reports military reinforcements arriving in the Middle East, nearly 21 million early votes cast, and a judge ordering Trump to sit for a deposition in his BBC defamation case.
Politics and GovernmentWorldBusinessMediaMiddle EastElectionEconomyMilitaryLegalArtificial Intelligence IranMiddle East military tensionsearly voting2026 midterm electionsDonald TrumpBBC defamation lawsuitgrocery pricesNPR Breaking NewsNPR
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Dartmouth Economist Douglas Irwin's Trade Policy Book Cited in Washington Post Column
Dartmouth economics professor Douglas Irwin's 2017 book Clashing Over Commerce is cited by George Will in a Washington Post column on the economic consequences of President Trump's policies.
Politics and GovernmentBusinessMediaEconomyTradeWhite House Douglas IrwinDartmouth CollegeThe Washington PostGeorge WillClashing Over CommerceU.S. trade policyDonald Trump
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IRS Urges Taxpayers to Guard Online Account Credentials and Request an IP PIN
Taxpayers planning to file early in 2027 should request an Identity Protection PIN before the online system closes for annual maintenance in mid-November.
Politics and GovernmentBusinessFederal GovernmentEconomyLaw EnforcementLegalSocial Issues IRSIdentity Protection PINtax-related identity theftIRS Individual Online AccountFrank J. Bisignanotaxpayerstax returntax return filing
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Treasury and IRS Overhaul Retirement Plan Correction Rules and Create New IRA Program
The expanded employee plans correction procedure takes effect immediately, while the new IRA Compliance Resolution System begins May 1, 2027.
Politics and GovernmentBusinessFederal GovernmentEconomyLegalBanking Internal Revenue ServiceDepartment of the TreasuryIndividual Retirement AccountsEmployee Plans Compliance Resolution SystemIRA Compliance Resolution SystemSECURE 2.0 ActRetirement Planning
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Treasury Proposes Rule to Implement COINS Act Outbound Investment Curbs
Treasury issues a proposed rule to implement the COINS Act, requiring notifications and bans on certain U.S. outbound investments in strategic technologies, and adds biotechnology to the covered sectors.
Politics and GovernmentBusinessScience & TechnologyFederal GovernmentEconomyTradeArtificial IntelligenceLegal U.S. Department of the TreasuryOutbound Investment Security ProgramCOINS ActScott Bessentsemiconductor technologiesbiotechnologynational securityUS Treasury
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Bessent Meets Paraguay's Peña to Discuss Economic Partnership
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met Paraguayan President Santiago Peña in Washington to discuss the growing economic partnership and welcomed Paraguay's commitment to secure critical minerals supply chains.
Politics and GovernmentBusinessUSAParaguayFederal GovernmentTradeEconomyLatin America Scott BessentSantiago PeñaUS Treasurycritical mineralseconomic partnership
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OpenAI Makes Decisions API Generally Available With GPT-6 Luna
OpenAI's Decisions API is now generally available, offering near real-time decisions up to 10x faster than GPT-6 Luna through the Responses API, with native GPT-Live integration and US/EU processing.
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Second Group of Importers Cleared to File CAPE Phase 3 Refund Claims as Gellert Global Group Mounts First Section 338 Challenge
Importers whose IOR numbers landed with CBP after last July's cutoff can now file CAPE Phase 3 refund claims, while Gellert Global Group has become the first court challenge to Section 338 Canada duties.
BusinessTradeEconomyLegalTransportationAsiaEurope CAPE Phase 3Section 338Gellert Global GroupCourt of International TradeFlexportocean freightair freightFlexport Global Logistics Update
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Niagara Bottling Opens $141 Million Kenton County Plant, Creating 60 Jobs
Niagara Bottling has opened a $141 million production facility in Elsmere, Kenton County, creating 60 full-time jobs and exceeding its original investment by more than $11 million.
BusinessPolitics and GovernmentEconomyEmployment and LaborState GovernmentsTrade Niagara BottlingKenton CountyElsmereAndy Beshearmanufacturingeconomic developmentKentuckyKentucky Governor's Office
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Social Security Administration Says Texas Office Status Has Changed
The Social Security Administration says the operational status of local offices, card centers and hearing offices in Texas has changed, and points customers to online services instead of in-person visits.
Politics and GovernmentHealthFederal GovernmentEconomyComputers and Internet Social Security AdministrationTexasSocial Security officesmy Social Security accountonline servicesretirement benefitsdisability benefits
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Social Security Administration Announces Operational Status Change for Wyoming Offices
The Social Security Administration says the operational status of local offices, card centers and hearing offices in Wyoming has changed, and points customers to online services for most business.
Politics and GovernmentHealthFederal GovernmentEconomyComputers and Internet Social Security AdministrationWyomingSocial Security officesonline servicesmy Social Security accountretirement benefitsMedicare
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Iowa Ranks 9th in Cato Institute's Freedom in the 50 States Index; Reynolds 5th Among Governors
Iowa places 9th among all states and Governor Kim Reynolds ranks 5th among U.S. governors in the Cato Institute's new Freedom in the 50 States index, which measures how state policies affect freedoms.
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